Veer Narmad South Gujarat University

VEER NARMAD SOUTH GUJRAT UNIVERSITY is a semi urban University established under South University Act 1965 passed by Gujarat STATE Legislative Assembly. It was renamed as Veer Narmad South Gujarat University in the year 2004 after the Gujarat Poet Veer Narmad. It became functional from the year 1966 and was declared as a University on 23 May 1967. It received recognition by the University Grants Commission in 1968 and helps the students in seven districts and one Union Territory. The seven districts are Narmada Valsad Dangs Navsaari Surat Bharuch and Tapi with Daman (Union Territory). The University is located on Udhana-Magdalla road in Surat South Gujarat. The University has 78 Grant-in- aid Colleges 129 selves- financed Colleges and 87 post-graduate teaching centres attached to affiliated colleges. There 17 Post Graduate Departments on the University Campus that give specialized courses including self-financed programmes. The Faculty has 99 permanent teachers and 328 non- teaching staff. The University has 17 departments in which around 3000 students study on campus. The University offers Science Arts Engineering Management Commerce courses etc. spreading across all disciplines. The Departments of Computer Science Rural Studies RMSS & HRD Chemistry M.Sc. (I.T) and Mass Communication & Journalism have independent models.